Gardeners

[thør]

You might like this:

http://www.growandtell.us

 

[TheOldWidow]

I registered, I like to dig in the dirt. Thanks for the link.

 

[HisArpy]

Sometimes gardening can be so exciting that people wet their ditches.

 

[RubiDia]

I didn't like it.

 

[thør]

Some people like it, some don't.

Some have to garden, some don't.

 

[RubiDia]

Some people like it, some don't.

Some have to garden, some won't.

Some like to dig in dirt, others wrote.

Some hope when your moat floats a boat, you won't slip on your slope.

 

[Saint Peter]

Some people like it, some don't.

Some have to garden, some don't.

I miss growing peppers. This spring and summer I am focusing on getting the yard back in shape. Bigger fish to fry at the moment but I do see a terraced garden in the future.

 

[thør]

I miss growing peppers. This spring and summer I am focusing on getting the yard back in shape. Bigger fish to fry at the moment but I do see a terraced garden in the future.

When the kids were young, SWMBO had a big garden in the back yard. Grew a multitude of veggies and berries. We ate a lot from the garden. Now, we have flowers and most are perennials that need no maintenance. And a couple of berry bushes for pies, of course.

 

[Saint Peter]

When the kids were young, SWMBO had a big garden in the back yard. Grew a multitude of veggies and berries. We ate a lot from the garden. Now, we have flowers and most are perennials that need no maintenance. And a couple of berry bushes for pies, of course.

I am still getting my sea legs here. Stuff just grows. It is magical from somebody that migrated from the dessert.

Still coming up with the Master Plan. There will be a garden there, somewhere. Maybe next to the no oil or grease shop.

 

[thør]

I am still getting my sea legs here. Stuff just grows. It is magical from somebody that migrated from the dessert.

Still coming up with the Master Plan. There will be a garden there, somewhere. Maybe next to the no oil or grease shop.

The snow is still knee deep, here.

When i was a kiddo, my parents planted a potato garden on this little bit of land we had outside of town. There was a fence around the garden, but only to keep the moose out. We planted on Memorial Day weekend and harvested on Labor Day weekend. Only spent two days over the early part of summer, hilling the spuds. We never watered and got what we got. Typically, a lot of potatoes.

I'm happy to do other things with those weekends, now.

 

[TheOldWidow]

Gardening is cheaper than therapy, plus you get fresh, luscious, red, juicy tomatoes.
Or tomatoes of any color now.

 

[Iceprincess12]

Gardening is cheaper than therapy, plus you get fresh, luscious, red, juicy tomatoes.
Or tomatoes of any color now.

I grew roma tomatoes one year. I was told they need a lot of water. They were beautiful to look at but tasted like mush. If gardening was more like cooking and used measurements I would be better at it.

I am going to try again this year, fingers crossed.

 

[TheOldWidow]

The best way to grow great tomatoes is to scratch the ground and plant seeds. Then go away and let them be. They don't like fussing. If it's dry for a week, check the leaves. If they have started to curl, giv'em a little water.

You overwatered the Romas. They are a thick pulp, meaty tomato and only need water when the leaves start to curl under.

 

[Iceprincess12]

The best way to grow great tomatoes is to scratch the ground and plant seeds. Then go away and let them be. They don't like fussing. If it's dry for a week, check the leaves. If they have started to curl, giv'em a little water.

You overwatered the Romas. They are a thick pulp, meaty tomato and only need water when the leaves start to curl under.

Maybe I'll try regular tomatoes instead. I bought some heirloom seeds last year, but I want to grow them in a pot. I have a space in my yard for a garden but our soil is rock, rock and more rock. By the time I finished with prep, it would be too late to plant them.

I was watching Midsomer Murders and saw the most beautiful climbing roses. The leaves were very dark and the roses were well spaced. I'm thinking of buying some roses from Britain (if I can find a place that doesn't charge a body part for shipping). I envy Brits and their perfect flowering gardens.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

Hello, thread!

I am in transition and don't have a garden this year, but I always like to have a nice pink geranium, no matter where I am.

 

[thør]

My grand daughter suspended a sweet potato with toothpicks in some water. It's getting some nice roots and leaves.

 

[Iceprincess12]

My grand daughter suspended a sweet potato with toothpicks in some water. It's getting some nice roots and leaves.

Nice to get kids started early. I hope she sticks with it and it grows into something edible.

 

[thør]

Nice to get kids started early. I hope she sticks with it and it grows into something edible.

She will do well. Her parents have a small garden in their back yard.

 

[water505]

I moved several months ago and unlike my other house there isn't enough sun for tomatoes.

If they can finagle other fruits and veggies to be genetically superior why can't someone invent a tomato you can get at the grocery store that doesn't taste like green styrofoam?

 

[neci]

My grand daughter suspended a sweet potato with toothpicks in some water. It's getting some nice roots and leaves.

there was a purple sweet potato planted in my front flower bed last year. the foliage made for a beautiful fall delight, and they had so much fun digging them out of the ground (with my kitchen spoons.) we had quite the harvest.

 

[thør]

there was a purple sweet potato planted in my front flower bed last year. the foliage made for a beautiful fall delight, and they had so much fun digging them out of the ground (with my kitchen spoons.) we had quite the harvest.

We will see. Regular spuds do very well, here. I do not know about sweet potatoes.

 

[Bidin~Time]

I am excited (as usual) to start the garden.

 

[Socket2me]

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[Conager]

I have been looking at a bare corner of the new place for a garden. Probably too late to start tomatoes, but I intend to try. It will be 90° tomorrow.

 

[TheOldWidow]

Store tomatoes taste like green Styrofoam because the tomatoes are picked green and loaded in trailers and gassed with ethylene to give them the red coloring that we ALL know, makes them ripe. If they didn't do that commercially, and waited for the tomatoes to ripen on the vine, the tomatoes would be juice when they got to destination. It's the same with strawberries.

That's when your friendly, local trucker works his or her heart out to get you the produce.